Churn



`R.,R,. WAYLAND. GEBEN.

Patented Jan. Z3, 1894.

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ROBERT R. WAYIJAND, OF I-IALLSVILLE, MISSOURI.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION `forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,375, dated January23, 1894.

Application filed December 8, 1892. Serial No. 154,491- (No model-l Toall whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT R. WAYLAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hallsville, in the county of Boone and State of Missouri,have invented a new and useful Churn, of which the following is aspeciiica` vin the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claimshereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a churn embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View. Fig. 3 is a horizontalsectional view. Fig. 4 isa detail perspective view of the strainer.

Like numerals of reference indicate corre- -sponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlngs.

l designates a standard rising from a-base 2 and supportin g avertically adj ustable head 3 which carries the operative mechanism andwhich is adapted to be raised and lowered to readily adapt the mechanismto a churn body to enable the operation to be carried on to the greatestadvantage whether the churn body be full or only partially filled. rlhehead is provided with a vertical longitudinal opening 4 in which arelocated a cog wheel 5 in a pinion 6, and which are mounted on upper andlower shafts 7 and. S; and the lower end of the head is provided with anextension 9, having secured to it a block l0 which is provided at itsrear edge with a T-shaped ilange 11. The T-shaped flange is arranged ina similarly shaped groove 12 of the standard 1 and is secured at anydesired adjustment, the groove forming a way, by a clamping screw 13.The lower shaft 8 has secured to it a crank handle 14 by means of whichthe churn is operated; and the upper shaft has secured to it a crankwheel 15 to a wrist pin of which is connected a pitman 16 which has itslower larly operate a dasher rod 2l.

end pivoted in a recess ,or a vertical slide 17. The slide 17 isprovided at opposite sides with flanges 18, and is arranged withinopposite ways of a guide 19 secured to and carried by the head 3 in thevertical adjustment of the latter. The ways of the guide are `formed byrecessed cleats 2O and they cause the slide to reciprocate vertically,and to simi- The dasher rod 2l is provided at its lower end witha dasher22, and its upper end is secured adjustablyin akeeper or clamp 23 of theslide by a set screw 24. The dasher reciprocates vertically in a churnbody 25, and the latter has its cover 26 firmly held in place byvertically adjustable clamping pieces 27 arranged at opposite sides ofthe guide 19 and provided with vertical and longitudinal slots 28 andhaving clamping screws arranged therein. The churn body is preventedfrom slipping od the base, which is mounted on feet, by adjustableblocks 30 which are slotted and provided with clamping screws 3l. Thedasher rod is tubular and is provided at its upper end with an inwardlyopening valve 32, whereby at each upward stroke of the dasher rod airwill be taken in at the upper end, and at the downward stroke the airwill be forced through the cream, thereby` greatly facilitating andhastening the production of butter. The butter may be readily withdrawnby means of a strainer 33 arranged within the churn body a shortdistance above the bottom thereof and supported in that position bysuspension bars or hooks 34 which engage the upper edge of the body, andare secured to the sides of the strainer at diametrically oppositepoints. The churn body is provided with a discharge tube 35 by means ofwhich the liquid may be withdrawn leaving the butter in the strainer.The suspension bars are extended below the bottom of the strainer toform feet 36, and the strainer is provided between the feet 36 with feet37; and these feet serve to support the strainer above the bottom of thechurn body, thereby enabling it to co-operate with the dasher and tohave the cream forced through its perforations to assist the operationof churning.

It will readily be seen that the churn is simple and' efficient, thatbutter may be quickly produced by it, and that butter may be readilyremoved from the churn body.

Heretofore strainers have been arranged within churn bodies, but theyhave not assisted in the operation of churning as they have been eitherlocated on the bottom of the churn body, which would prevent the creambeing forced through their openings, or they have been employed inconnection with rotary dashers, which would not force the cream throughthe openings. It will be apparent that by arran gin gthe strainer abovethe bottom of the churn body andemploying it in connection with avertically movable dasher, it WilI perform the double function of dasherand strainer.

I desire it to be understood that changes in the form, proportion andthe minor details of construction may be resorted to without departingfrom the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of thisinvention.

What I claim is l. In a churn, the combination of abase, a standardrising therefrom, a vertically adjustable head mounted on the standardAand provided with avertically arranged guide having opposite ways, achurn body mounted on the base and having a cover, a dasher rod providedwith a dasher at its lower end and having its upper end extending abovethe body, a vertically reciprocating slide arranged in the ways of theguide and provided at its lower end with a clamp for securing the dasherrod to it,verticallyadj ustable clamping pieces secured to the guides atopposite sides thereof and engaging the cover of the body, and gear ingfor operating the slide mounted on the head, substantially as described.

2. In a churn, the combination of a base, a standard rising therefromand provided at its upper end with a vertically disposed T-shapedgroove, ahead mounted on the standard and having a block secured to itslower end and provided with a T-shaped flange arranged in said groove, aclamping screw for securing the block in its adjustment, a guide securedand supporting it above the bottom of the churn body, said strainerhaving a marginal flange, and a vertically reciprocating churn dasher ofa shape ,and size to lit within the marginal liange of the strainer,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT R. WAYLAND.

Witnesses:

MARION GORDON, JOsIAH HALL.

